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As we see ebook purchases overtake paper books (both in 2011 and 2012) there is a worry that the pile of soon-to-be-read books teetering dangerously on the bedside table will become a thing of the past. But really, this is… Read More

Sheryl Sandberg joined Google when it was a start-up and went on to become COO at Facebook. Clearly a clever, ambitious, women, she also professes to be good negotiator and a strong networker. She also puts her success down to… Read More

Martha has written a book about ageing. Just launched, it tells us how to stay healthy and happy, Martha-style, by eating well, keeping fit and remembering that family and friends are more important than a stress-y job. I
It’s an… Read More

If you love those country-style floral embroideries you come across on vintage tea cosies and napkins, this book is for you. Caroline Zoob spent ten years living in Virginia and Leonard Wolf’s Monks House and the experience has influenced her… Read More

How much do I want this book? I saw it in the Saturday Telegraph magazine and there are a few more images on our Instagram page. The author Cressida Bell comes from a creative family, her great aunt was Virginia… Read More

There’s nothing like a bit of cakespiration for a Monday morning. I love this video about pastry chef pastry chef Caitlin Williams Freeman and the work she is doing at The Blue Bottom Cafe, at San Francisco’s Museum of Modern… Read More

I am indebted to The Foodie Bugle for pointing out Gaitri Pagrach-Chandra’s wonderfully written, cultural mash-up baking books. Born in India, brought up in Guyana, educated in the US, now married to a Dutchman and living in Holland, Gaitri is… Read More

Blimey, what is it with writers and stationery?. No sooner had we put up author Jill Mansell’s post on her stationery loves, when Jenny Colgan asked us on Twitter if she could let us see her stationery too…..how could we… Read More

The recent post on pencil cases attracted the attention of TWR readers and super-successful writer Jill Mansell, who explained writers often are obsessed with stationery too…she is, so we couldn’t resist asking her to tell us more….
So Jill, what’s… Read More

If you are free on Thursday 25th April and you love a beautifully set table, can we suggest you nip along to Anthropologie in The King’s Road Chelsea, where Hannah Shuckburgh is celebrating the launch of her pretty new book … Read More

This a glorious book, a total treat for anyone who cycles or who dreams of packing up a picnic lunch and heading out into the countryside for an adventure. It details 36 bike rides around Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire, the… Read More

Like the look of this book by Marcus Wareing, which his lovely PR lady Natasha, who we met last week, says is full of great recipes you can really do at home. Also, we love the title, Nutmeg and… Read More

Working class and gay, the founder of the Shoreditch Literary Salon, Damian Barr confesses that Maggie Thatcher is his guilty pleasure in his touching and darkly witty memoir Maggie and Me. The book tells of surviving Thatcher’s Britain, of growing… Read More

How much do we love this beautiful book? Glorious images by Jim Naughten that capture the costumes worn by the Herero tribe in Nambia. The women wear patchwork clothes brightly jumbled together and top the whole look off with cow-horn… Read More

If you’ve been following TWR’s adoration of Fashion Guru Diane Vreeland ( there was the accessory range, the film and then another book) you’ll be interested to know there’s a new book out, written by Amanda MacKenzie Stuart. I haven’t… Read More

I was tipped off about this wonderful novel by my friend Shirley and it was every bit as good as she said it would be. It’s an elegantly written tale of a strong minded independent girl -Katherine- who lives in… Read More

I have always felt if I met Tracey Thorn I could be her friend, as her songs have resonated with me since I heard the Marine Girls, her first band, back in 1982.
Coming from Hatfield, Hertfordshire and feeling like… Read More

This is a slightly aspirational book suggestion here, as it costs approx £250 and is only currently available from the US. But with the book, which is produced to accompany The Art Of Scent exhibition at the Museum of Art… Read More

We spotted this lovely book featuring artist/embroiderer Karen Nichol’s beautiful work in the January 2013 edition of Selvedge Magazine (a cracker by the way, it’s the Inspiration issue and it definitely does inspire). Karen has worked closely with the design… Read More

This fab little book tells the 50s as it really was, as opposed to the rose-tinted view we sometimes have when we moan about how terrible things are today and how everything was better ‘back in The Good Old Days….’… Read More

It’s a while since we popped over to the Toast Travels section of the Toast website, run by Rachel Seaton and we’ve missed a lot, its got all sorts of interesting things going on.
The first thing to notice… Read More

This is the very first Maggie O’ Farrell book I’ve read, and it wont be the last, this is a book I would put into the ‘don’t want the bus/train journey to end because I don’t want to stop reading… Read More

If you are starting to think about what theme you are going for this Christmas at home (what do you mean you don’t have one – are you insane?) This new book by our favorite knitwear designer and stylist, Ros… Read More

You remember we wrote about the gorgeous Knit Your Own Dog and Knit Your Own Cat books here? Well Sally Muir and Joanna Osbourne have another book out, 25 More Dogs to Knit so you can add to your menagerie… Read More

Heads up, Grace, A Memoir, written by the word’s best fashion stylist is out on November 22nd.
Essential reading for all fashion girls. End Of.
Put it on your Christmas list.
Grace Coddington Grace available from Amazon here… Read More